Tusk
Mostly Soft support · 43% of gamesAlso Hard support · 35%
Strength
Melee
Popular builds
A build is the first three key items a player bought, in any order, shown in the most common buying order. Win rate and how often it is played are shown under each, from matches with item timings.
▲ 66.0%521 · 14%Talent path: 10 left, 15 left, 20 right, 25 left
▲ 55.8%224 · 6%Talent path: 10 right, 15 left, 20 right, 25 right
▲ 65.2%181 · 5%Talent path: 10 left, 15 right, 20 right, 25 right
▲ 63.2%125 · 3%Talent path: 10 left, 15 left, 20 right, 25 right- ▲ 60.0%110 · 3%Talent path: 10 left, 15 left, 20 right, 25 right
▲ 61.7%94 · 2%Talent path: 10 left, 15 left, 20 right, 25 right
▲ 70.1%87 · 2%Talent path: 10 left, 15 right, 20 right, 25 right- ▲ 71.8%85 · 2%Talent path: 10 left, 15 left, 20 right, 25 right
▲ 64.1%78 · 2%Talent path: 10 left, 15 left, 20 right, 25 right- ▲ 57.9%76 · 2%Talent path: 10 left, 15 left, 20 right, 25 right
Top 5 builds cover 30% of games that reach three key items
Selected build
Blink Dagger → Aghanim's Scepter → Black King Bar · 76 games · win rate 57.9%Full build
From the starting items to the late game, in this build's games with the filters above. Each phase shows up to 3 combinations with win rate, games and share of the build's games; the most played is highlighted.
1 · Starting items
0:00- 33.3%3 · 4%
Bought before the horn.
2 · Early game
before the 1st key item- 76.9%13 · 17%
38.5%13 · 17%
Finished items only: no components, consumables or Aghanim's Shard. Any order; shown in the most common one.
3 · Core
first 3 key items- 60.0%55 · 72%
- 50.0%16 · 21%
The build itself, in its most common buying orders.
4 · Late game
next 3 items after the core- 42.9%7 · 9%
Any order, shown in the most common one. A game counts if it reached at least one of the items.
Situational items
Bought in at least 5% of this build's games and not on the most common path, sorted by win-rate change.No item outside the most common path is bought in at least 5% of this build's games with 30 games on each side.
Win-rate change: win rate of the build's games with the item minus without it, in percentage points. At least 30 games on each side.
Skill order, levels 1–25
52.3% · 545 games with this order| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ice Shards | 2 | 12 | 14 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Snowball | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Tag Team | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Walrus PUNCH! | 6 | 13 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Talent | T | T | T | T | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Attributes | 17 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
The most common order. Games count if they followed it for as long as they lasted, from 10 points on. Gold numbers: the levels where an ultimate point or a talent usually comes. T: a talent is taken here; the tree shows which.
This build has too few games for its own order, so this is the hero's most common order at this rank and position.
Talents
Numbers from all the hero's games at this rank and position: this build has under 30 games on a side. Under each talent: how often it is picked, win rate, games. ★ the higher win rate we are 95% sure of, with at least 30 games on each side. Bar: how often each side is picked.
Neutral items
49.9% · 989
46.1% · 762
52.7% · 728
45.4% · 436
52.6% · 333
55.7% · 314When to buy
Win rate depending on when the item was bought (first purchase, 5-minute windows). Earlier is usually better — this shows by how much.
Blink Dagger~20:16| 5–10 min | ▲ 71.0% | 31 |
| 10–15 min | ▲ 55.3% | 780 |
| 15–20 min | ▲ 55.6% | 2,678 |
| 20–25 min | ▼ 46.5% | 1,740 |
| 25–30 min | ▼ 39.1% | 583 |
| 30–35 min | ▼ 46.3% | 242 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 51.6% | 91 |
| 40–45 min | ▼ 38.2% | 34 |
| 45–50 min | ▼ 35.7% | 14 |
| 50–55 min | ▼ 42.9% | 7 |
| 55–60 min | ▲ 100.0% | 3 |
| 60–65 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
Bought before 20:00: 55.7% wins; later: 44.9%.
Aghanim's Scepter~34:15| 10–15 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
| 15–20 min | ▲ 60.5% | 38 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 66.7% | 153 |
| 25–30 min | ▲ 66.7% | 469 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 61.4% | 710 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 56.6% | 516 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 58.6% | 278 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 54.2% | 118 |
| 50–55 min | ▼ 46.5% | 43 |
| 55–60 min | ▼ 35.7% | 14 |
| 60–65 min | ▲ 50.0% | 4 |
| 65–70 min | ▲ 66.7% | 3 |
| 70–75 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
| 80–85 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
Bought before 30:00: 66.3% wins; later: 58.4%.
Eul's Scepter of Divinity~31:11| 10–15 min | ▲ 50.0% | 4 |
| 15–20 min | ▲ 50.8% | 59 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 62.8% | 266 |
| 25–30 min | ▲ 60.8% | 530 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 55.8% | 459 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 61.7% | 227 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 52.4% | 103 |
| 45–50 min | ▼ 43.1% | 72 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 70.0% | 20 |
| 55–60 min | ▲ 55.6% | 9 |
| 60–65 min | ▲ 100.0% | 3 |
| 65–70 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
Bought before 30:00: 60.7% wins; later: 56.4%.
Desolator~23:25| 5–10 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
| 10–15 min | ▲ 68.9% | 119 |
| 15–20 min | ▲ 53.7% | 406 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 50.7% | 414 |
| 25–30 min | ▼ 44.7% | 264 |
| 30–35 min | ▼ 48.2% | 141 |
| 35–40 min | ▼ 41.0% | 61 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 62.5% | 24 |
| 45–50 min | ▼ 28.6% | 7 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 50.0% | 4 |
| 55–60 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
| 60–65 min | ▲ 50.0% | 2 |
| 70–75 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
Bought before 20:00: 57.2% wins; later: 48.0%.
Black King Bar~36:32| 20–25 min | ▲ 56.3% | 32 |
| 25–30 min | ▲ 61.8% | 144 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 57.6% | 231 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 54.5% | 156 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 50.7% | 134 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 50.0% | 70 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 50.0% | 26 |
| 55–60 min | ▲ 50.0% | 12 |
| 60–65 min | ▼ 20.0% | 5 |
| 65–70 min | ▲ 66.7% | 3 |
| 70–75 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
| 75–80 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
Bought before 35:00: 59.0% wins; later: 51.7%.
Force Staff~31:32| 10–15 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
| 15–20 min | ▲ 52.4% | 21 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 55.1% | 98 |
| 25–30 min | ▲ 54.7% | 148 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 61.2% | 134 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 61.0% | 100 |
| 40–45 min | ▼ 41.3% | 46 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 70.6% | 17 |
| 50–55 min | ▼ 28.6% | 7 |
| 55–60 min | ▲ 50.0% | 4 |
| 60–65 min | ▲ 50.0% | 2 |
Bought before 30:00: 54.5% wins; later: 57.7%.
Shadow Blade~29:54| 10–15 min | ▲ 57.1% | 7 |
| 15–20 min | ▲ 60.0% | 40 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 58.2% | 110 |
| 25–30 min | ▼ 48.8% | 129 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 54.3% | 116 |
| 35–40 min | ▼ 47.8% | 67 |
| 40–45 min | ▼ 46.9% | 32 |
| 45–50 min | ▼ 33.3% | 6 |
| 50–55 min | ▼ 36.4% | 11 |
| 55–60 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
| 65–70 min | ▲ 66.7% | 3 |
| 70–75 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
Bought before 25:00: 58.6% wins; later: 50.0%.
Lotus Orb~36:31| 15–20 min | ▼ 42.9% | 7 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 54.5% | 11 |
| 25–30 min | ▲ 73.8% | 80 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 62.8% | 121 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 54.3% | 127 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 51.3% | 76 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 60.6% | 33 |
| 50–55 min | ▼ 41.2% | 17 |
| 55–60 min | ▼ 33.3% | 9 |
| 60–65 min | ▲ 66.7% | 3 |
Bought before 35:00: 65.8% wins; later: 52.8%.